#E2BB42#E2BB42

#E2BB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.142 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BB42
RGB	rgb(226, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 1.61, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 63.57, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0015 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.142 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1205, 52.1058, 12.5707)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BB42 #4269E2

analogous

#E26B42 #E2BB42 #B9E242

triadic

#E2BB42 #42E2BB #BB42E2

tetradic

#E2BB42 #42E26B #4269E2 #E242B9

square

#E2BB42 #42E26B #4269E2 #E242B9

split-complementary

#E2BB42 #42B9E2 #6B42E2

monochromatic

#937517 #C89F1F #E2BB42 #EACE77 #F2E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E2BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#E2BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BB42

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BB42	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.142 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcf7d',
    500: '#e2bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2bb42;
$custom-light: #efcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80536,
    "c": 0.14154,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BB42

secondary

#314A98

accent

#65F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BB42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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